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The challenge was getting Guattari to endure the solitude of working at his desk: otherwise the book would never be written. That was Deleuze’s first rule. His second rule was that the collaboration would be monogamous: no other parties could be involved, nor would he take part in any of Guattari’s many other militant activities.…
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nevver: “Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch a little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you’ve got to go deeper.” — David Lynch
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Even Karl Marx, champion of workers, argued that ‘the artist must earn money in order to be able to live and to create, but he must by no means live and create for the purpose of making money.’ To my way of thinking, it is criminally ignorant to suggest that some people’s labor shouldn’t be…
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Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: ‘You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do. What…
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Argument fragment… work in progress
There is a kind of Algorithmic Break, or Algorithmic Turn in the cultures of developed nations. It is most evident and visible for those born in the 1050s and 1960s, and is signaled by the VCRs flashing 12:00, perpetually, in the homes of a consuming public. On one side of the break was a set…
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ourrisd: Design legend Tom Ockerse, a professor in our Graphic Design department, has a call to action he’d like me to share. Gather in Providence, RI, on Fri Dec 21, 2012, at 4:40 pm, outside of the RISD Auditorium, 7 Canal Walk, Providence River Greenway, Providence, RI 02903, to sing for the Earth’s healing and join the largest…
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pussy-strut: gole-yas: Barthes, A Lover’s Discourse relevant
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Jake Adam York, american poet
I’ve just received word, unconfirmed but from a reliable source, that Jake Adam York, american poet, has passed away suddenly from a stroke today. I am stunned by the news, and at a loss for words. http://jakeadamyork.com/
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You can’t make a complex application simple by adding a veneer of simplicity on top of it. in fact, that will just add to the confusion, because now you’re sending the user misleading signals about what’s really going on. Apple promised a «dramatically simplified new interface». They were right; the interface does look more simple.…
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underpaidgenius: Rock Hill Herald, in Rock Hill NC, runs gun ad on the page reporting the massacre in Newtown CT. Inadvertent error, according to the editor. key word algorithmic ad placement?